@article{c94115b376a9452e9811ec250ec08d5b,
title = "Near-Infrared Soliton Mode-Locked Thulium Doped Fibre Laser Using WS2-ZnO Composite Material as Saturable Absorber",
abstract = "The generation of a highly stable passive mode locking laser is realized in a thulium doped fibre laser using a WS2-ZnO composite as a saturable absorber. Soliton mode locking pulses are generated with a central wavelength of 1936 nm and full-width half maximum (FWHM) of 3.06 nm. The first order Kelly's side band is located at around 5.65 nm from the central wavelength which gives the calculated pulse width value of 1.26 ps. This value corresponds well with the measured pulse width of 1.27 ps using the autocorrelator. The output power of the laser is around 0.44 mW with the peak power of 29.7 W and repetition rate of 9.96 MHz. This laser set-up is highly robust and realizes highly stable laser pulses in the mid-IR wavelength range for a multitude of applications.",
keywords = "2 micron, Fiber Laser, Thulium",
author = "Harith Ahmad and Hadieh Monajemi and Samion, {Muhammad Zharif} and Norazriena Yusoff and Ismail, {Mohd Faizal} and Mohamad Yasin and Leonard Bayang",
note = "Funding Information: Manuscript received July 31, 2019; revised September 3, 2019; accepted September 6, 2019. Date of publication September 23, 2019; date of current version October 7, 2019. This work was supported in part by the Ministry of Higher Education, Malaysia under Grants LRGS (2015)/ NGOD / UM / KPT and GA 010-2014 (ULUNG) and in part by the University of Malaya under Grants RU 013-2018 and HiCoE Funding Phase II. Corresponding authors: Harith Ahmad; Mohamad Yasin (e-mail: harith@um.edu.my; yasin@fst.unair.ac.id). Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2009-2012 IEEE.",
year = "2019",
month = oct,
doi = "10.1109/JPHOT.2019.2941286",
language = "English",
volume = "11",
journal = "IEEE Photonics Journal",
issn = "1943-0655",
publisher = "Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.",
number = "5",
}